Improvement in copy-books



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JOHN D. WILLIAMS,

0F NEW YORIL N.-Y.

Letters Patent No. 102,189, dated April 19, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT INI COPY-BOOKS.

The Schedulevrejerred to in theme Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

HOW-- Tofall whom ztmay concern:

Beit known that I, J oHN D. WILLIAMS, of, New York, in the county ofNewYork and in the State of n New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Copy-Books; and do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact descripfolding of the book, andthe copies arranged on each sidefof said folding-line, iul reverseposition from each other, so that the' writing upon each page shall runfrom the said folding-line toward the outer edges'of the book, the coverbeing provided with leaves folding over the leaves.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which 'my inventionappertainsto make andv use the same, I

will new proceed to describe its construction and. operation, referringto the annexed drawings,'in which- Figure 1 is a. perspective view of mycopy-book, with one side of -the cover and its folding-part thrown open.

Figure 2 is a perspective View of the same, open, with thefolding partof one side of the cover thrown over, Vsouie of the leaves, and

, Figure 3 is a plan 4view of the book thrown open. The copy-booksheretofore used have had the lilies running lengthwise of the hook; thatis, at right angies with thevcenter o r line of folding. The desks, inall public primary schools, are never more than about twelve incheswide, whichis too narrow for the ordinary copy-books in any position.They interfere with the student sitting -in front, and require a crampedposition, with its attendant evils, ofthe student writing. Allpbjectionsare overcome ny my copy-book.

In the drawings-l A represents the leaves of the book. and

B the cover.

At the ends of the cover are ihldinggparts O, of about the same size asthe leaves. y

The superiority of my book lies in the economizing of space inclass-writing, which result is produced by the following:

The book, as I intend to make it, is smaller than the ordinary schoolcopy-book, each page containing just space enough for an ordinary classlesson. I do, however, not confine myself to any particular size.

lhe lines and copies run across the `paper,or, in other words, parallelwith the center or folding line, the copies being in the center of theopen book, permitting the page not in use to fall over the` back of thedesk, out of the way of the student writing, and of the student sittingin front.

The folding-parts O of the cover'are to throwover.

the pages or leaves not in use', so 'as to keep them clean. -Haviug thusfully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, s-

A copy-book having the lines running crosswise on the paper; that is,parallel with the center or line of folding, and the copies arranged oueach side of said folding line, in reverse position, so that the writingupon each page shall run from the center outwardly, substantially as andfor the purposes herein set forth.

Intestimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand,this 9th day of March, 1870. J. D. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses F. W. BAYNUN`S, T. Si JAMES.

